Hi!
I'm looking to purchase a new TV to hook up to a WD TV Live media player in a bedroom, I'm planning to have the WD TV Live hooked up via HDMI playing 720p or lower content. I am curious about a few things.
I'm looking for a 32" tv, but would it be better going for a full hd (1080p) vs. a non-full hd (720p), how noticeable would it be on a 32" tv?
Secondly, should I get a full hd lcd or a non-full hd led?
Thanks :)
It would be near impossible for you to tell the difference at all let alone noramal viewing distance. save your $$$ and go for the non full HD
Okay, thank you so much for your fast response
If you can find a non-full HD LED, as LED would be better as nicer/thinner than old LCD ones
Agreed with the above, can not tell difference at viewing distance ,HD should be sufficient if you mainly use to watch TV/movie.
An old graph but still relevant… http://hd.engadget.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-dist…
but if you're hooking up a computer, you'd want Full HD.
Note that this is assuming that the /content/ is Full HD. Jakiejake has stated his content is all 720 or lower.
It does show the benefits of all content for different viewing distances, not just 1080p…but I agree, in this case if the OP is only playing 720p (and no computer attachment and no possibility of playing 1080p in the future) then why would he get a 1080p panel?
If 'non-full HD' screens really were 720, then you should get this as 720 content would look better than on a 1080 screen. However, none of them are, they are all 768, resulting in scaling artefacts. Because of this a 1080 screen will look marginally better, but the difference is /very/ slim.
Basically only pay more for 1080 if you actually have 1080 content.
typically you won't save much if you're buying a new TV, but if it's second-hand or old stock, you might find it. also some of the rebranded/store label Chinese imports have lower specs, generally. if that is the case, you might find there are other considerations (ie. budget TVs don't have the same quality of image processing, refresh rate or backlighting that a Sony/LG/Samsung/Sharp/etc has) — this often has much more effect on the image than the resolution, as most content (FTA TV/DVDs) are in 720p or lower definition.
computer generated content is always higher resolution than what any TV can produce, even 1080 is low res for 27in or above, the new 4K monitors are set to change that (but at $10,000-50,000+) they're beyond the reach of most people for now).
also text sharpness (eg. settopbox titles / PS3 menus) is also noticeably better with HDTV than EDTV.
depends how close but the closer you are the more important full hd is.
And yes I did post this on Whirlpool as well, sorry about that I just want to get an answer asap because the Dick Smith sale is on today